Neuropath

Having read Neuropath, by Scott Bakker, when it was released late last year, I’ve been giving a lot of thought to Cog Psy things. The concept of free will has always interested me, and I’m not entirely sure where exactly I stand with regards to The Argument, but it’s something that I find quite inspiring.

Which leads me neatly (or not so neatly really) to this great lecture by Scott Bakker.

If you haven’t read Neuropath, it’s well worth the read, not only for the Cog Psy stuff, but just because the story is just rather good.

It’s been a while

I’ve not really had any time to post here lately, or just nothing to write about, so I’ll try to remedy that.

Went to see the Altermodern exhibition at Tate Britain last week, which was interesting, there were some artworks I liked there, and more that I didn’t, which is rather normal for me.

The new stuff we’re doing this term is great, I love the Processing module, it’s great being able to code artworks, as opposed to programs, which I absolutely hated last year. The film module is interesting, I’ve never done anything to do with film so learning to cut as well as film is proving quite challenging, but good fun. The drawing module is tough, I’ve never been able to draw, I really need to practice a lot for this one.

I’m back to playing Diablo 2, which isn’t a good idea on my part, but I just can’t help but love the cow level, and there’s something about the gameplay that I’ve not seen matched in any other game since.

Sweet nerdy joy.

Photomanipulation

Just working on a photomanipulation, based on a photograph I took last easter in Spain, here’s the first one.

photomanipulation

And the second.

photomanipulation

They obviously still both need a lot of work, I prefer the second but I’d like to work on the tree in the first, see if I can do anything more interesting with it once I’ve got a working tablet.

I’ve also added Lightbox to the blog, so that images can be viewed in higher resolutions.

Do want.

White leather Supra Skytop’s.

Supra skytop white spring 2009

It’s snowing

It’s been snowing all day, got a good half foot so far, and no sign of it letting up any time soon, which is just great. Haven’t seen a good amount of snow like this for a few years, just surprised it’s happening in England and not Germany.

Still writing up about Berlin, so I’ll have that posted up within the next few days.